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This large pala (an altarpiece with a single, unified surface) was painted for a church in Pistoia, but sawn into pieces in the eighteenth century. It was reassembled in the National Gallery – look closely and you can see lines where the fragments were put back together. Two fourth-century saints – Zeno, a bishop of Verona, and Jerome, one of the Fathers of the Church – stand in front of a palm and an olive tree. Zeno holds a crosier, while Jerome has a book, as he translated the Bible into Latin, and wears the red robes of a cardinal. As secretary to the pope he is usually shown as a cardinal, although the office did not exist in his day. This altarpiece was begun by Francesco Pesellino and completed by Filippo Lippi after Pesellino’s death.
Title
Saints Zeno and Jerome
Date
1455-60
Medium
Egg tempera, tempera grassa and oil on wood
Measurements
H 84.5 x W 56 cm
Accession number
NG4428
Acquisition method
Presented by The Art Fund in association with and by the generosity of Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt, 1929
Work type
Painting
